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Congress·Reported·H.R. 6387

FIRE Act

FIRE Act: Updating Air Quality Rules for Wildfires

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Legislative Progress

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220–198

Senate
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Key Points

  • This bill, known as the FIRE Act, changes how the government tracks air pollution. It allows states to ignore bad air quality readings if the smoke comes from a wildfire or a "prescribed fire"—which is a fire started on purpose by experts to clear out brush and prevent bigger, more dangerous fires.
  • Currently, if a state has too much smoke in the air, it can face penalties for failing to meet federal air quality standards. This bill ensures that states aren't punished for smoke they can't control or for taking steps to reduce the risk of massive forest fires.
  • If a large smoke cloud crosses state lines and affects multiple states, the EPA would be required to do the scientific modeling for all of them at once. This would save local governments time and money by having the federal government handle the complex data analysis.
  • The bill also requires the EPA to create a public website within one year. This site would be updated every month so people can see which states are asking to have their air quality data adjusted and whether the EPA has approved those requests.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

5 milestones17 actions
Apr 21, 2026House

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 6387, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Dexter demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

Apr 21, 2026House

The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.

Apr 21, 2026House

Ms. Dexter moved to recommit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. (CR H3019)

Apr 21, 2026House

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

Apr 21, 2026House

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 6387.

Vote Results

2 votes
HouseFailedProceduralApr 22, 2026

On Motion to Recommit

206
214
Democrat
206 – 0 · 6
Republican
0 – 213 · 4
Independent
0 – 1
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HousePassedPassageApr 22, 2026

On Passage

220
198
Democrat
8 – 197 · 7
Republican
211 – 1 · 5
Independent
1 – 0
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Related Bills

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H.Res. 1174Related bill

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6387) to amend the Clean Air Act to require revisions to regulations governing the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events or actions to mitigate wildfire risk; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6398) to amend the Clean Air Act relating to review by the Environmental Protection Agency of proposed legislation; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6409) to amend the Clean Air Act to clarify standards for emissions emanating from outside of the United States, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1156) expressing support for tax policies that support working families.

Apr 15 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

FIRE Act

Bill NumberHR 6387
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionPOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 6387, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Dexter demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
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D: 1R: 2

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